161 Comedic duo? (Manzai?)
"I was the only daughter of Viscount Faana."
On the way home, Champani requested that we walk for a while, and as we walked side by side along the trail on the estate, she cut me off in such a way.
She stopped walking, bowed her head, and apologized for keeping silent.
"No, Yukari probably knew."
"Yeah…… That's right."
Before purchasing a slave, all of his or her background should have been checked out. In other words.
"The fact that Yukari didn't tell me probably meant that I didn't need to know. I'm sorry I was the one who was snooping around."
"! ! "
I looked Champani straight in the face and apologized, and she looked into my eyes and fell silent.
I kind of know what she is thinking right now. I guess she doesn't like the fact that she had to apologize to me as a result of hiding her identity, even if it wasn't all her fault.
Yes, that is the pride of being a young lady. If so, what is her next course of action?
"……I'll tell you all about it."
Make sense.
She tries to reveal her tragic past, which she would have preferred to keep hidden if she could.
After all, she is a lady to the bone. She lives with a conviction bordering on insanity to never disobey the young lady in her that she believes in.
"Let's hear it."
Don't you think it's only natural that I would want to support that ridiculous dream of hers in every way possible?
"I attended Vinceton Academy."
"The most prestigious school in the royal capital."
"Yeah. It's the most prestigious of the prestigious, where all the daughters of aristocrats gather. I, as usual, entered there as the daughter of a viscount.
There she met Tebow O'Moon and her friends, she said.
"At the time, the Viscounts of Faana's estate was in steady decline. The depopulation of the region, combined with the salt pollution and immigration problems, had become too much for them to cope with. That is why I devoted myself to my studies more than any other person, knowing that one day I would have to make the Viscountcy prosperous again."
"……It couldn't hold, huh?"
"Yes. Less than a year after my enrollment, Viscount Faana's estate collapsed."
Is that why Tebow and her friends scorned her as a "fallen noble"?
"I guess you could say it was a blessing in disguise. I had paid the full three-year tuition for Vinceton Academy in advance. So it was my right to be allowed to spend the rest of my two years at the school without any issues at all."
……Okay, I see. Champani would have not wasted those two years in vain but studied and desperately carved out a path to live as an aristocrat once again.
In fact, she is smart. It can be sensed in the form that she speaks. If she had been able to spend two years safely, she would have thought, by any chance, that she should make the most of it.
"But even if the school had approved, the students did not approve. Some people did not think well of me, who was not even an aristocrat. My presence was degrading the prestigious name, they claimed."
"I think they're the ones who were degrading it."
"Not at all. In the world of nobility, titles are everything. There is no time to look at each person's inner life."
"That's…… foolish, I should say."
"It's that kind of world……"
Of course, not all aristocrats are like that. Some are outliers, such as Margrave Steam Bitter Valley, and some are shrewd, such as Earl Barrel Lumberjack.
But Champani knows this. Such is the way of the aristocratic world, and although she thinks it is wrong, it is a part of the world that cannot be changed in any way.
"……The bullying started. To them, I was a fake. I had no power to resist them, and I was the perfect person for them to hang a sign around my neck asking them to bully me."
"Tebow O'Moon, right?"
"She was particularly hostile to me. She used to say aloud, "If you are not an aristocrat, you are not a person". It's her personality, I guess."
"That's twisted."
"You have to look at why it's twisted."
"As you say, my lady."
"Oh, dear. Thank you, Master."
Champani turned red in response. Apparently, she finds great pleasure in being thought of as a "lady". It is obvious if you think about it. I'd be happy if people thought I was "number one in the world" too.
Champani said, "Ohon! " clearing her throat with one cough, she continued her story.
"Well, from there, it was just madness. When the daughter of an Earl turned against me, there was nothing I, a commoner, could do. In no time at all, I was a slave."
"What happened to you that made you a slave? "
"My father sold me to the Maurice Slave Company to pay off his debt to Earl Chilima O'Moon."
Sold by your parents……
"……My father did nothing wrong. The management of the territory had gone wrong because of a number of difficult issues. It was also because of pressure from Earl O'Moon that he was forced to sell me. All of it, there was nothing we could do about it."
When I questioned Viscount Faana's behavior, Champani defended him. But that is not much of a defense.
Let's put it this way, if Champani's father really had the capacity to be a viscount, that is, if he were not incompetent, Champani would still be a lady.
She would have to be offended as a young lady if I told her this, so I won't mention it.
"Do you have any desire to meet your parents? "
So instead I asked this.
I think it was a mean question. I am sure her parents have no face to show to her. If I ask her if she still wants to see them, how will she, the maid, the young lady, respond? How does she connect these two conflicting feelings? I was interested.
Champani then opened her mouth after a moment's hesitation.
"On the day we were purchased by Master, the head maid said to us: You are blessed. Yeah, it really was true. This is a miraculous place. It is a very mysterious paradise where you can be a maid and a lady at the same time. Therefore……"
She said with a pleasant smile, her hair flowing back smoothly.
"Just once, really just once, I would like to go and show you my face, happy, blissful, and wonderful as it is right now."
……Greediness. She's trying to become both the maid and the lady.
Champani Faana. How much further can this girl go?
But hey, the answer to that question is a hundred points. She's still 20 points short.
"Summer."
"Summer, is it? "
"Let the whole kingdom see your face at the Shisousei tournament."
Cheat sheet
Stats details
＜Status Details＞
- HP Hit Points
- MP Magic Points
- SP Stamina Points
- STR Short range attack skill power, strength, physical power.
- DEX Long range attack skill power, dexterity, hit rate.
- AGI Quickness, avoidance rate.
- INT Attack Magic skill power.
- LUK Good luck, critical rate.
- VIT Simple defense.
- MGR Magic defense.
Types of combat skills
Named after shogi pieces (The word in bold is the one being used in this translation). From easier to acquire to harder.
- Pawn/Soldier (Fuhyou)
- Lance(Kyousha)
- Knight (Keima)
- Silver General (Ginshou)
- Gold General (Kinshou)
- Bishop (Kakugyou)
- Rook (Hisha)
- Promoted Bishop/Dragon Horse(Ryuuma)
- Promoted Rook/Dragon King (Ryuuou).
List of Swordsmanship skills
Swordsmanship
- 《Soldier Swordsmanship》 Normal attack.
- 《Lance Swordsmanship》 Piercing attack.
- 《Knight Swordsmanship》 Precision attack.
- 《Silver Swordsmanship》 Strong single-target attack.
- 《Gold Swordsmanship》 Small-range attack to all directions.
- 《Bishop Swordsmanship》 Quick and powerful piercing attack
- 《Rook Swordsmanship》 Rush piercing attack
- 《Dragon Horse Swordsmanship》 Powerful ranged attack in all directions
- 《Dragon King Swordsmanship》 Most powerful range attack, takes time to prepare
List of Shieldmanship skills
Shieldmanship
- 《Soldier Shieldmanship》 Normal defense.
- 《Lance Shieldmanship》 Piercing deflection.
- 《Knight Shieldmanship》 Defense + knockback.
- 《Silver Shieldmanship》 Defense +chance to parry
- 《Gold Shieldmanship》 Ranged guided defense + knockback.
- 《Bishop Shieldmanship》 Reinforced defense (Temporarily boosts VIT and MGR)
- 《Rook Shieldmanship》 Rush attack
- 《Dragon Horse Shieldmanship》 ???
- 《Dragon King Shieldmanship》 Powerful shield attack, takes time to prepare
List of Archery skills
Archery
- 《Soldier Archery》 Normal range attack.
- 《Lance Archery》 Piercing range attack.
- 《Knight Archery》 Precise sniping range attack.
- 《Silver Archery》 Strong single-target range attack.
- 《Gold Archery》 Weaker range attack with added knockback.
- 《Bishop Archery》 Strong piercing range attack.
- 《Rook Archery》 Very strong single-target range attack with scaling % damage.
- 《Dragon Horse Archery》 Powerful Area of Effect piercing range attack.
- 《Dragon King Archery》 Powerful on-impact range attack, takes time to prepare
Types of Magic skills
They use the “Form” or “step” system of martial arts. From lower to higher.
- First Form Regular attack
- Second Form Extended range attack
- Third Form Strong single target attack
- Fourth Form Strong extended range attack
- Fifth Form Extremely powerful extended range attack
- Their cast time becomes longer in this order First→Third→Second→Fourth→Fifth.
Ranking of the skills
From lower to higher, then it changes to the “Dan” system of martial arts, which means Grade.
- 16th class
- 15th class
- 14th class
- 13th class
- 12h class
- 11th class
- 10th class
- 9th class
- 8th class
- 7th class
- 6th class
- 5th class
- 4th class
- 3rd class
- 2nd class
- 1st class
- Grade 1
- Grade 2
- Grade 3
- Grade 4
- Grade 5
- Grade 6
- Grade 7
- Grade 8
- Grade 9
- Title
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